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Transliteration and translation for &quot;Address to the visitor of
the tomb of Horemmekhib&quot;, following the transcription of Sethe
(1924), p. 89.

The transliteration throughout follows Hannig (1995).

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R.O. Faulkner. <i>A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian</i>.
Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1962.

R. Hannig. <i>Grosses Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache
der Pharaonen (2800-950 v.Chr.)</i>. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995.

K. Sethe. <i>Aegyptische Lesestücke</i>. J.C. Hinrichs'sche
Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 1924.

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j anxw tpjw-tA
;
O living who are on earth,

wab nb
;
every priest,

sS nb,
;
every scribe,

rmTt nbt
;
all people,

Xrj-Hbt nb
;
and every lector priest

aq.tj=sn r js pn
;
who will enter this tomb,

mr=Tn anx
;
as you love life

msD=Tn xpyt
;
and detest death,

swD=Tn jAt=Tn n Xrdw=Tn
;
as you pass on your offices to your children,

mj Dd=Tn
;
so you say:

Htp-Dj-nsw ^Hr-^bHdtj
;
'A royal offering of Horus of Edfu,

^wsjr
;
of Osiris,

^jnpw tpj Dw=f
;
of Anubis on his mountain,

nTrw nTrwt
;
and of the gods and goddesses

jmjw Hwt-nTr
;
in the temple.

Dj=sn
;
May they give

prt-r-xrw
;
a mortuary offering

t
;
of bread,

Hnqt
;
beer,

kAw
;
oxen,

Apdw
;
fowl,

Ss
;
alabaster,

mnxt
;
clothing,

snTr<note>Read second <hi>t</hi> as <hi>r</hi>.</note>
;
incense,

mrHt
;
oil,

Htp DfAw
;
offerings and sustenance,

jxt nbt nfrt wab
;
and all good and pure things

anxt nTr jm
;
on which a god lives,

n kA n Hm-nTr n ^Hr-^bHdtj
;
to the spirit of the priest of Horus of Edfu

^Hr-m-mH-jb
;
Horemmekhib,

mAa-xrw
;
justified,

jr.n Hm-nTr ^snb
;
begotten by the priest Seneb,

mAa-xrw
;
justified,

ms.n sw
;
born of

Xqrt-nsw<note>Uncertain reading.</note>
;
lady-in-waiting

^sbk-nfrw mAat
;
Sobek-neferu, justified.'

nn ATpw pw Hr rmn=Tn
;
It is not a burden on your shoulders,

TA pw nDm n qAb=Tn
;
but it is a sweet breath from your entrails.

Ax=sn n saH
;
It is beneficial to the blessed

^Hr-m-mH-jb
;
Horemmekhib

m Xrt-nTr
;
in the necropolis.
